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Iraq pushes electricity reform, prompting protests
New efforts to charge consumers for power could reduce consumption, increase state revenues, and alleviate budget pressures – but they are proving a very hard sell.
Electricity shortfall hits poor Iraqis hardest
Those who can’t afford expensive generators or the fuel to run them suffer the greatest discomforts and dangers of Iraq’s extreme summer heat.
Kirkuk feels the power
For the first time since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 an Iraqi city has 24-hour power supply.
Beyond the Headlines: May 30 – June 5
Kurds and Sunnis strengthen ties Power blackout solution hits snag Diyala officials killed Conference addresses mines and spills
Q&A: Electricity Minister Majid Mahdi Hantoush
Iraq is racing to improve electricity service in time for summer — and reduce dependence on Iranian energy imports — with new cross-border tie lines, more generation capacity, and initiatives to rein in demand.
The man bringing electricity to Iraq
Before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the country's national grid supplied the capital, Baghdad, with between 16 and 20 hours of electricity each day. But more than a decade after the fall of Saddam Hussein, electricity supplies have dropped to an average of only one hour of power for every four hours of the day […]
Electricity Ministry defiant as investigation begins
Ministry denies accusations it failed to prevent fraud, as Shahristani launches investigation that could lead to the minister’s firing.
Struggle to fill up
Iraq's Oil Ministry eyes ending fuel imports but producing enough gasoline to meet Iraqi demand may take the type of investment that's yet to come.
Beyond the Headlines: June 27 – July 3
Dhi Qar seeks Iran power imports Cabinet boosts farm subsidies More free fuel for generators Missan Oil Co. chief dispute continues
Beyond the Headlines: Nov. 7-13
Baghdad begins KRG contract audits Iraq hires Japanese power consultants Missan readies claim on Wasit territory Generator barge plugs into Basra port
Heat wave hits citizens, fuel and power supplies
Baghdad suffers the worst of fuel shortages, as heat wave overwhelms Iraq’s electrical grid and drives demand for generator fuel.
Heading off summer power protests
Fearing unrest on the heels of the "Arab Spring," government OKs emergency fuel to angry citizens who forced out electricity minister last year.
Violence shakes Iraq during Ramadan lull
Halfway through a relatively calm Ramadan, security is shattered by seemingly coordinated attacks nationwide.
Power deals could lead to minister’s ouster
Iraq's electricity minister is facing possible firing over deals alleged to be with unqualified companies.
Q&A: Electricity Minister Adel Karim
As Iraq approaches the summer peak of electricity demand, another crisis is looming as the caretaker government lacks the budget authority to boost power supply.
Iraq faces another summer of electricity problems
Electricity Ministry will only minimally improve power supply this summer, amidst ongoing protests over government service failures.
Power problems may continue through summer
The Electricity Ministry says long-term plans are on schedule to meet public need, though power protests in Kirkuk and extended blackouts in Baghdad raise the specter of worsening electricity shortages this summer.
U.S. money, Iraqi reconstruction
Before he left Iraq, Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of USACE Lt. Gen. Van Antwerp talks about what went well, what could have been done differently and what engineering and reconstruction support will remain in Iraq as U.S. forces draw down to 50,000 end-August 2010.
Oil Ministry productive despite politics
Deputy Minister says oil flow up, investment ongoing, critics ignorant, and politics likely to postpone a major gas deal with Shell.
INOC law receives Oil Ministry backing
National company would strip ministry of most oil operations; plus an update on the Nassiryah contract and the second bidding round.
Iraqi Kurd MP pans Iraq oil law…
Plus: *BP exec says service contract a few months away *Black Gold: War News Radio’s five-part series on Iraq’s oil struggles *Sterling banks on Kurdistan, sells U.S. assets *Attacks take out northern Iraq power *Iraq-AmChamIraq plan energy conference An Iraqi parliamentarian representing Iraq's Kurds says his party will not approve a draft oil law that […]
Q&A: Shell’s Iraq VP Hans Nijkamp
The head of Shell's Iraq operations discusses the criticism of its multi-billion-dollar gas deal, the status of its oil field development, and its long-term strategy.
Beyond the Headlines: April 23, 2012
NOC glitch interrupts Turkey pumping Halfaya worker abuses investigated Kirkuk demands diesel supply No radiation in Buzurgan